IMO, Monero is what Bitcoin wanted to be when it grew up - in fact, what the general public believes Bitcoin to be describes Monero much more accurately, since Bitcoin is not anonymous or untraceable. Furthermore, Monero is the only privacy-centric cryptocurrency with a fair distribution that actually delivers on its promises, without trusted setups (ZCash) or opt-in privacy (Dash, PIVX).

I do have mixed feelings with regards to ASIC resistance, however. While it does lower the barrier to mining considerably, in the process it hands botnet owners a significant reward, since they can mine on hardware they don't own burning electricity they don't pay for.